(التدين وعلاقته ببعض الاضطرابات النفسية

This study is focused upon investigating the correlation
between self religiosity and some psychological and neurotic
disorders such as phobia, conventional hysteria, hypochondriasis
and compulsive obsession. The problem is addressed by the
application of three measurements:
The religiosity rating scale designed by Mohammad
Hussein, Minnesota Multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI),
and Yale Brown’s Rating Scale for compulsive obsession. For
the statistical analysis of the data, the study took advantage of
the SPSS program together with the T-test and the ANOVA
method.
As result of surveying a representative sample of four
hundred students related to four Sudanese universities between
the ages of 20 and 40 divided into group A and group B, it was
found that there was a positive impact of religiosity on the total
selected subjects. It was also found that the females were more
likely to show positive religious impact than their male
counterparts. This factor served to indicate that the females
suffer more from psychological and neurotic disorders than
males. It was also noted not only a negative correlation between
religiosity and hysteria but also between religiosity, phobia, and
pochondria. The data analysis also suggested a positive
correlation between religiosity and compulsive on one hand, and
absence of correlation between gender, religiosity, and neurotic
disorders on the other hand. The result suggested, as well,
similarities and differences between group A and group B
students with regard to hysteria, hypochondria and compulsive
obsession as reflected in the thesis.